Chapter 839 - 851: About the True God
"Under the Grim Reaper, please don’t belittle yourself..." Lancelot respectfully bowed, "...But is that enough? By obtaining mortals’ ’faith,’ one can ascend to godhood just like that?"
"I understand your doubt, so let me ask you a question, the Kingdom, or the King?"
"The Kingdom," Lancelot answered with certainty, "A King is nothing without a Kingdom, but a Kingdom without a King... can always produce a new King."
"Exactly so, and deities are quite the same," Cranvo nodded, standing up from his seat, "A god without followers is nothing, but as long as there are followers... changing a god isn’t impossible, take me for instance."
"This..." Lancelot frowned tightly, "But a god is a god, not just because of mortal worship, there are also those supernatural powers, and the various authorities related to the divine office..."
"There are many sources of supernatural power. In the eyes of ordinary people, what’s the difference between a legendary spellcaster and a true god?" Cranvo shook his head gently, "You did touch upon the point regarding divine office, the creation of it is indeed the hardest part. It’s within the realm of the Supreme Deity, and I know almost nothing about it, only some uncertain conjectures. Do you want to hear them?"
"We..." Lancelot exchanged a glance with the little Yisha sitting next to him, "Is it appropriate for us to hear this?"
"It’s indeed inappropriate for general folks to hear," Cranvo’s face showed a mysterious smile, "but you’re different, Sir Lancelot, you know what I mean."
"Alright..." Lancelot nodded, "I’ll lend my ear."
"As I mentioned before, the creation of divine office is the hardest part. When time had yet to begin flowing and the multiverse was still chaotic, what kind of great existence created the concepts of light and darkness, heat and cold, past and present, order and chaos?" Cranvo bent his forefinger, tapping lightly on the tabletop, "The Supreme Deity Ao is such an existence. He created these concepts and also created the first deities, granting them the duties to maintain these ’concepts,’ which are the original divine offices."